p.1 #1 · Built a native Mac culling app (Phosview) to speed up culling heavy RAW bursts. Looking for testers!
Good afternoon everyone,
I spent the last year building a native Mac app called Phosview (https://www.phosview.app) for fast photo culling and management, and I'm looking for some beta testers.
I’m not a pro shooter, but I built this out of pure workflow frustration. I frequently shoot amateur baseball games, meaning I regularly come home with thousands of high-speed burst photos scattered across my cards. Spending hours staring at a screen trying to manually cull a massive pile of near-duplicates and blurry misses just to find the peak action shots was driving me crazy. I couldn't find a fast, local-first tool that didn't force me into a cloud subscription, so I built one.
What it does:
Phosview acts as a fast, local-first hub to cull and organize large libraries without the bloat.
Instant RAW Previews: Pulls embedded JPEGs so you can fly through massive catalogs with zero rendering lag.
Lightroom Integration: Seamlessly displays your edits and Lightroom metadata right in the app.
Tame Bursts & Duplicates: Automatically groups exact copies and burst sequences, ranking the sharpest frame on top so you can clear space quickly.
Local AI Search: Search your consolidated library using plain language (e.g., "player sliding into home at golden hour") with zero cloud uploads.
Non-Destructive: Originals are completely untouched; all decisions are kept in a separate sidecar database.
The app requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later and is completely free during this private beta. If you handle large photo collections or high-speed bursts and want to try a faster workflow, I'd love your feedback.
You can download the build and grab a beta key instantly at https://www.phosview.app. Let me know what you think! Happy to make changes or add much needed features.
